Table 1 Carbon balance on the basis of measured data in the 1 m2 reactor
Measured values [l−1 reactor run (10 days)−1] | Upscaled values [ha−1 reactor surface y−1] | |
|---|---|---|
total amount of CO2 gassing (whole process) | 15.95 ± 0.1 [l] | 95.4 ± 0.6 [t] |
biomass as dry weight (start of glycolate production) | 3.57 ± 0.8 [g] | 10.9 ± 2.3 [t] |
biomass as dry weight (end of production) | 2.76 ± 0.2 [g] | 8.4 ± 0,6 [t] |
biomass loss as dry weight through glycolate production | 0.81 ± 0.6 [g] | 2.5 ± 1.7 [t] |
glycolate content (end of production) | 4.25 ± 0.2 [g] | 13 ± 0.6 [t] |
total amount of CO2 gassing (whole process) | 713 ± 4.6 [mmol] | 2167.4 ± 14 [kmol] |
gassing amount of CO2 (biomass phase) | 596 ± 9.2 [mmol] | 1813 ± 28 [kmol] |
gassing amount of CO2 (glycolate production phase) | 117 ± 13.8 [mmol] | 354.4 ± 42 [kmol] |
C stored in biomass (start of glycolate production) | 148.6 ± 31.5 [mmol] | 451.8 ± 96 [kmol] |
C stored in biomass (end of glycolate production) | 114.8 ± 8.5 [mmol] | 349.2 ± 26 [kmol] |
C loss from biomass through glycolate production | 33.8 ± 23 [mmol] | 102.7 ± 70 [kmol] |
C content of glycolate (end of production) | 112.6 ± 4.8 [mmol] | 342.5 ± 15 [kmol] |
C fixed in (biomass + glycolate)/CO2 injected (whole process) | 31.9 ± 1.7% | |
C fixed in biomass/CO2 injected (biomass phase) | 25 ± 5.7% | |
C fixed in biomass/CO2 injected (glycolate production phase) | − 5.7 ± 4% | |
C fixed in glycolate/CO2 injected (glycolate production phase) | 97.1 ± 7.4% | |